Passenger-car.



11. Howsolv. PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1908.

Patented 0011.27, 1908..

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sanas a n NNSYLVAKNIA, ASSIGNOR T() THE J. G. BRILL n law 'COMPANY Ul" Pl'llL.-\DELllll.\, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORIORATION OF,IlhNSYL-` PASSENGER-CAR.

Specificationof Letters Patent,

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application filed May 12, 1908. Serial N o. 432;.537.

T o all whom it vmayronccrn:

Be it known that l, HENRY Howson, a

-citizen of the United States, residing 1n Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Im roveinentsin Passenger-Cars, of which the ollowlng is a specification.

One object `of my invention is to conve-rt the ordinary passe-nger car having a narrow platform into ar car in which the passenger according to my invention.

A further object of the invention is to provide for the closing of the body portion of the -car and to provide a space within the car for the conductor. y

These objects I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a sec- 1 tional plan view of a car illustrating my 1n-v vention.

'D is the body of the car.

E is the platform separated from the body of the car by a transverse partition A. rlhe partition has a panel section @and a door- Away a. This doorway is comparatively Wide so as to allow for the free ingress of passengers from the platform to the body of the car. The panel section a is double in the present instance, forming a channel a? for a sliding door B. This sliding door is of such a width as to completely close the ingress passageway o when desired, and has a handle b which can be grasped by the conductor who controls the opening and closing of the door.

C is the door closing the egress passageway c inthe side d of the car 'and this egress passageway, in the present instance, is bctween the corner post D and the first side post d. T he door preferably swings into the car, as illustrated by dotted lines, and is within easy reach of the conductor.

In order to divide the ingress passageway from the egress passageway I provide a guard F within the body of the car, and I preferably form this guard of a rail supported on the central post A of the partition A and on posts f, f secured to the floor of the body portion. T he rail is preferably curved, as shown, so that there will be.- suflicient room for the conductor to give hiin s aceto reach across the doorway o to open t e door of the car for the egress of passengers. car is designed especially on these lines ,then

the space. within the y rail' isfopenat the exit side so that the conductor can readily reach the door G to open and close it, ifnecessary, although in some instances both the sliding `door B and the. pivoted egress door C may be opened and closed by any suitable mechanism operated by the conductor, if found desirable.

As shown in the drawing, this invention is particularly adapted to converting the ordinary type of passenger car into a carin which the passengers pay their fares upon entering 4the car, the platform remainingthe same size and the opening being placed in the side If .a

the seats may be differently arranged and some space may be provided, if Afound necessary, for the conductor within the ear and the inclosure may be differently'shaped;

In the figure of the drawing the parts are in the position when the platforniis at the rear of the ear, the door B being moved .back and the door C closed and one side e of the platformis closed by a movable guard e or by a door, as desired. The conductor can close the door B after the ingress of a passenger, if desired, so as to entirely close the rear of the car. When the platform is at the forward end of the car then the door C/is closed. and

the side e of the platform can be closed by i guard or door would be under the control of the motorman. Thus it will be seen that with comparatively little expense I can-A readily convert the ordinary type of car. into a car in which assengers pay their fares en entering, and wide ingress doorway, the conductor being located within the ear.

1. The combination in a passenger car, of a body ortion a latform a transverse artition ividing t e body portion from the platform, said partition having a doorway at one side, a panel closing the other side of the part'ition'so as to prevent ingress or egress of passen ers at that side, a door arranged to closeJ t ie doorway, and a guard within the body of the car extending to a point adjacent to the doorway and inclosing a space for the conductor.

"2. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, a partition dividing also provide the car with lat;-

los I F1n the "and a guard within wayY at one side of the partition, a panel Aclosing the other side of the partition, a channel anel, a sliding door adapted to the channe and arranged to close the doorway,

the body of the car adj acent to the doorway inelosing the space for the conductor. I

3. The' combination in a passenger car, of a body ortion, a platform, a transverse partition dividing the body portion from the lat- -for1n, a center post in said partition', a db0rway extending from said center ost to a oorner post on one side ofthe car, an a fixed panel extending from the said post to the corner 0st on the opposite side of the car, a sliding dbor adapted to close the doorway in the parti tion, a guard adapted to the center' post and extending into the body of the car and separating the space to be occupied bythe conduetor from the body of the car. v

4. The combination in a passenger-car, of 'a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the body platform, a doorway in one side of the partition, a door-'adapted to close said doorway, a

doorway in the side of the carnear the transverse partition, and a door closing saiddoorway. y

5. The combination in a passengerar, of a body portion, a platform, a. transverse partition separating the body p ortion from the platform, a widedoorway at one side of thev partition, asliding door adapted toxclose said oorway, a guard within the car inclosing the space for the conductor, a doorway in the slde of .the ear adjacent to the said transofthe car from the,

verse partition, apivoted ydoor closing said doorway, both doors' being within easy reach of lthe conductor so as to be under his contro l 6. The cembinationin a passenger-oar, of a body portion, a platform, a transverse partition separating the-body portion from the platform, an lngress doorway at one side of the partition, a sliding dooradapted to close said doorway, a iixed'panel in the balance of the partition, anegress doorway in the side of the car adjacent tothe panelside of the j' partition, a pivoted door said transverse ada ted to closeV the saidy doorway and piv- Iote` to swing inwards towards the panel, a guard'in front of the panel and extending into the inner edge of the ingress doorway.

f 7. The combinationv in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, la partition dividfiug the body portion from the platform, a doorway at one side of the-partition, the other sidevof the sliding door adapted to a channel in the partition and arranged to close the doorway, and

from a point about t tion 'arranged transversely so as to extend past ilieuedge of the doorway and shaped t0 forni an inelosure for the conductor.

In testimony whereof, I have Signed my two subscribing witnesses. HENRY HowsoN. Witnessesf A Jos. H. KLEIN, 'WM. A. Bann...

partition being closed, a`

,a curved guard rail Arejecting into the car 4 e middle of the parti-- name to this specification, in the presence of 

